Blogger: Wendy Lawton
As I looked around the Monterey Plaza ballroom and watched our Books & Such clients at our client retreat talking and networking, I found myself realizing that one thing almost all our clients share is a sense …
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Social Media: Taking a Break
Blogger: Michelle Ule
Filling in for the traveling Mary Keeley–who needed to take a break from social media this week.
How do you take a break from social media without losing your momentum?
When I took a break last year …
Where to Find Readers
Blogger: Wendy Lawton
If you’ve known me for long I’m sure you’ve heard me whine about writers who spend their social media energy connecting with other writers. I keep ranting “go to your readers, not your writing friends.” But of …
What Not to Share
Blogger: Wendy Lawton
I cringe when I see authors sharing inappropriate or proprietary information on social media or with friends. I know many argue for having nothing to hide but in business (and as published authors, we are businesspeople) that …
#Am Writing? A Day in the Life of a Writer
Blogger: Michelle Ule
Sitting in for Wendy Lawton who is at the Oregon Christian Writer’s Conference.
I am living the dream writer‘s life this summer.
I’m on hiatus from the church choir, Bible study teaching and my part-time …
Social Media: The New Public Shaming
Blogger: Janet Kobobel Grant
While society no longer puts citizens in stocks or pillories, social media is the new town square where you can be publicly humiliated–or humiliate yourself.
In You’ve Been Publicly Shamed, author Jon Ronson contends that the …
Just Try It! Discovering New Social Media
Blogger: Rachel Kent
During our Books & Such retreat this week, there was lots of talk about marketing–and of course a major part of marketing involves social media these days. We saw charts showing how Facebook is still the #1 …
Down Payment on a Dream
Blogger: Wendy Lawton
I’m rereading Mark Batterson’s Draw the Circle: The 40 Day Prayer Challenge for the third time. Yes, it’s only been out for a little less than two years but this book is worth reading and rereading even …
Exploring Your Social Media Persona
Blogger: Wendy Lawton
I’ve always enjoyed personality assessments. I’ve taken the Myers-Briggs Indicator®, the StrengthsFinder 2.0, and Florence Littauer’s Personality Plus assessment. I’ve tried a number of tests that helped highlight my spiritual gifts. I’m sure there are …
My Facebook Life
Blogger: Wendy Lawton
I’ve had more than one local friend mention how wonderful my life seems to be. I always chuckle and say, “Oh, that’s just my Facebook life, edited for consumption by strangers.”
Then this week one of my …